#C8D174#C8D174

#C8D174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.118 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D174
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 44%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 44.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -16.68, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 47.90, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0469 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.118 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7729, 59.1420, 25.3131)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D174 #7D74D1

analogous

#D1AB74 #C8D174 #99D174

triadic

#C8D174 #74C8D1 #D174C8

tetradic

#C8D174 #74D1AB #7D74D1 #D17499

square

#C8D174 #74D1AB #7D74D1 #D17499

split-complementary

#C8D174 #7499D1 #AB74D1

monochromatic

#8E9832 #B6C246 #C8D174 #DAE0A2 #ECEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#C8D174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D174

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D174	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.118 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf9e',
    500: '#c8d174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d174;
$custom-light: #dadf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83357,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D174

secondary

#544C9E

accent

#28BE36

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D174

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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